Name: Richard J. Moyer

Year Inducted: 1998

Hometown: Reading, Pa.

Birthday: June 18, 1937

Business Name: Richard J. Moyer Auctioneers

Business Location: Spring City, Pa.

Auctioneer Since: 1954

Specialty: homes, antiques, furniture, real estate

Most Expensive Item Sold: Sold real estate for $2 million in the 1970s.

Most Unusual Item Sold: At an estate auction he sold a chest of drawers for $22,000.

Inspiration: Uncle and auctioneer Ralph T. Richards.

Something Others Might Not Know: At the age of 18, he had his own auction house.

Auction Mishaps: At a very cold auction, his partner, who was 85, jumped onto a county garbage truck that they were auctioning. His partner took a deep breath and his pants fell down. He had on white boxers with red hearts all over them.

Family: Wife, Eve-lynn (who has her own auctioneer license). They have four daughters, two sons, nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.